News Feed: Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram killed 17 people and abducted 30 young men and women in north-eastern Nigeria despite a ceasefire agreement with the government, local newspaper Premium Times reported on Monday. The militants have been attacking villages in the Mafa local government area in volatile Borno State since Wednesday last week, according to the areas chairman, Shettima Maina. We have received reports of series of attacks in communities near Mafa since last week, and during the attacks, Boko Haram used [the opportunity] to pick younger ladies and boys and forcefully take them away, an unnamed State Security Department official was quoted as saying. Boko Haram looted the villages after the attacks, residents said. Source: News24
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:35:43 +0000